Smoke-consumer for locomotives.



N. PETRYK.

SMOKE CONSUMER FOR LOCMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED IMI. Isl?.

EIIIGIIIQII 001:, 16,191?.

40 .tional views taken upon N'YKOLA PETRYK, OF HILADELPHA, ENNSYLVN..

smoke-CONSUMER ron Locoiiioaivns.

Toidll whom t may concern i v "Be 1t known that I,- NjKoLA PETRYK, a

subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing amount ol smoke escapingfrom a locomo tive. v

A further object of the device is to provide a spray chamber upon alocomotive through which the products of combustion must pass on theirway from the heating ilues to the outlet stack, provision being made fordrawing off the cinders and dirt deposited Within the chamber from thegases passing therethrough. y

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which likereference characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the severalviews,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a locomotive boiler provided with thepresent device, parte being broken away,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of the locomotive and presentimprovement in operative position thereon, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse seclines Ill-lli and IV-IV of Fig.1.

The present device for washing the products of combustion emanating froma irebox is adaptable for locomotive boilers, and

is herein illustrated in connection With such a locomotive 10 having iretubes 11 and a smoke box 12. A housing 13 is mounted upon the locomotive10 and has a Washing chamber 1-l: therein, a curved outlet iiue 15 beingattached to the forward end of the said housing projecting upwardlyWithin the vertical smokestack 16 secured to the forward p' rtien of thelocomotive 10. The smokestack 16 has a transverse partition 1'? in thenature of a bottom, cutting' o' all communication from the interior ofthe Specification of Letters Patent.

latented Get, Mi, ln

Application led January 6, 1917. Serial No. 140,879.

The bottoni 1S oi the housing lil smoke box. 13 is V -shaped and has aperforated pipe arranged centrally thereof and extending longitudinallysubstantially the entire length of the housing, and is provided with acontrolling valve 2O tteriorly of the latter` the perforations in thepipe 19 being suinciently large to permit thedraiving of cinders andsediment therethrough 'trom the chamber 14 by means of suction.

A vertical. trough-shaped conduit 21 projects transversely through thehousing 13, the same being hit'uiuated at its lower end for straddlingthe pipe 19 and with i ,s opposite side portions projecting doivnvmrdljfinto the locomotive smoke box 12 adap for the passage ot' the productsof comhus-- tion therethrough, as i cated by the arrows in lfig. 1 olithe drawing. extends rearwardly alongthe top of the housing 13 undthence downwardly adjacent the rear end thereof Aforming an outlet`mouth or nozzle ji plurality oi paddle wheels 2l are journaledtransversely through the housing 13 ivi nin the path ot travel of theproducts of combustion thi-onu"- 'the said housing 'e'tyveen the outletan flue.

15, the said paddles being adapted to throw and spray fluid suchcontained Within "1"? 'l vil Al C'l ine poodle ii neet, s

the chamber 1l. revolved by any'flesired means such e, sprocket chain 2Gpassing over sprockets il? upon the shafts of' he said paddle Wheels24:, the driving means th reci. not be shown.

The Huid Q5 is adapted to he maintaineffl at a substantially constantlevel vit-hin the housing chamber by being i'ed thereto through an inletpipe 29, it lacing under stood that the outlet valve normally closed butmay be opened at the end oi the run and suction applied to the pipe 19.,therehy drawing sedinr .t such as cinders, can bon and dirt through theid pipe out of the washing' chamber f exhausting of the ac unulationsWithin the cli-:amber 1x21 mayY take place all the time by leavin ivalve on the supply pipe pipe valve 28 open. ln order tc clean the smokebox 12 oil sedi. int not drawn oli through conduit E21, the front l'iead30 removed, to give access to the smoke lion., and also for cleaninglines 11. lt will he seen that the irnoducts ot combustion will EL.

tact with the agitated iuid 25 Witnin the rhc conduit 2l Cri) lill@chamber 1l during the active operation of the device whereby the gaseswhichpass to the atmosphere through the outlet flue 1'5 by way of thesmokestack I6 will be cleaned of considerable of the impurities andforeign matter. While the present embodiments are believed to bepreferable, minor changes may be made therein without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as neu7 is:

A smoke Washer comprising in combination With a locomotive, having asmoke stack cut off from communication therewith, a housing having awashing chamber therein,

`a flue for the products of combustion extending into the washingchamber adjacent one end thereof, the inletv end of said flue beingbifurcated and extending into the locomotive `smoke-box, fluid agitatingpaddles revolubly mounted within the washing chamber, an outlet pipe atthe opposite endof the chamber from the entrance end of said flue, thebottom of said housing being inclined downwardly toward the center, aperforated'pipe arranged centrally Within said chamber and straddled bysaid hifurcated flue, a normally closed eontrollinovalve in theperforated pipeexteriorly o the housing, a fluid inlet pipe tapped intosaid housing, and connection between said Washer and the outlet of thesmoke stack.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

NYKOLA PETRYK.

